How To SEO Optimize YouTube Videos

Click TubeBuddy tool

Click "SEO Studio"

Click the "Enter your Target Keyword" field and type your desired keyword

Click "START" to begin the SEO optimization process

Enter an SEO optimized title and description that checks all of TubeBuddy's boxes and gives you the highest score possible.

Click "NEXT" to begin creating the best set of tags possible

Click "ADD TO TAG LIMIT"

Make sure your primary keyword is your first tag, and drag it to the top left "#1" spot

Click "NEXT" to see your meta data in context next to other YouTube videos

Click "UPLOAD THUMBNAIL" to see your thumbnail vs competitors

Click "NEXT" once you are satisfied that your thumbnail will stand out vs other videos

Click "SAVE DRAFT" to save meta data for later usage. If you are optimizing an existing video you can implement this new metadata here

You'll see your draft here, and then Click "APPLIED"

In applied you see a list of all videos you have optimized using YouTube SEO Studio